There will be some nice little game tweaks coming to EQII players just before Christmas! An SOE press release sent us over to EQII Players, where we saw a tidy bunch of player-requested changes to the game. These include:

Quest Journal: The mechanics and sorting options of the collection tab are being improved, making it easier to sort and find collections.

Harvesting Depots: The guild halls harvesting depots have been increased by 50%, leading to more storage space.

Home Addresses: No need to worry about finding your way home anymore. Your Persona window will now display your full house address and zone name. This will require visiting your home once before it will display your full address.

Increased number of icons displayed in the Spell Effects and Detriments window by 50%.

New Items in the Station Marketplace!Dec 16th, 2008 at 7:47 PM by Calthine

The introduction of Station Cash, a pay-for-stuff micrortransaction service offered by SOE for EverQuest and EverQuestII, caused less bruhaha than one might expect. At first glance the program looks quite controversial, but the first week has been successful enough for new items for EQII to be added to the Station Marketplace!

Do you have what it takes to defeat Mr. McScroogle? Well, you'll get the chance to find out in the new Saving Frosfell holiday scenario in Legends of Norrath .

Legends of Norrath is offering a new scenario this holiday season with great gifts for players who can defeat the nasty Mr. McScroogle! The Saving Frostfell scenario will be offered in Legends of Norrath from Dec. 15 through Jan. 10 at 2PM PT. The first time you rescue Queen Bunny and defeat McScroogle, you'll win the Frostfell Showglobe (5P19) promo card AND either the Discordian Great Mace Ornament (5EQP13) loot card for EverQuest or the Tapestry of the Di'Zok (5EQIIP13) loot card for EverQuest II, depending on your in-game settings.

You can receive additional copies of the Frostfell Snowglobe promo card each time you defeat McScroogle with a different avatar archetype (limit 4).

Station Cash: What Would You Like to See Next?Dec 15th, 2008 at 4:16 PM by Calthine

The initial response to Station Cash has been a success for SOE and we are looking forward to new offerings for both EverQuest and EverQuest II in the not too distant future.

In fact, the response has been so strong that game teams are adding new employees dedicated to Station Cash, to allow us to continue to add new and exciting items to the marketplace, without having to pull from the core development.

In addition to strengthening our development teams with new staff; we want to be very open to you and your ideas for future items in the marketplace. Which is the purpose of this thread, what would you like to see in the marketplace next?

Please share your ideas for things you would like to see that fit within the spirit of the marketplace (please don’t ask for Epic’s…). I’ll be tracking this thread and reporting internally on the things that you guys ask for. While I can’t guarantee that every single requested item will make it in the games, and can’t set a schedule from your idea to delivery as a game asset, I want you to know that we are quite serious about not only hearing your input, but putting it to work if it’s viable.

It's Frostfell in Norrath again, and Allakhazam has the inofz! This annual winter holiday event will run from December 11 through January 5, and includes all your old Frostfell favorites and tons of new stuff!

Our development team has been working diligently with SOE in order to make sure we can deliver everything you guys want. Internally from the start, our goal has been to not launch until we can deliver everything at once. We've recently gotten a huge influx of data that we're working on integrating but it's worth noting that with features such as the live broker data, both SOE and Zam are treading new water - it's challenging to everyone involved to get things perfected.

We'll try to provide more frequent updates until launch. I don't want to give any date yet, but we're hoping for "soon(tm)". If you have questions feel free to leave them in the comments and we'll try to answer them.

The Shadow Odyssey Launch Event in San Diego!Nov 17th, 2008 at 3:34 PM by Calthine

Combining the convenience of an Internet cafe or hotel business center with the thrill of action-packed gaming to create an ideal environment for work or play, The Office Games in San Diego is hosting a launch event for the Sony Online Entertainment’s EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey. This will be an exclusive event for fans to play the game, get tips and tricks from SOE’s Community Relations team and EQII developers, as well as have the chance at exciting prizes and giveaways. Light refreshments will be available.